Upton Sinclair's The Jungle published in 1906 is considered the novel that led to his "fame." ... During that time period the meatpacking factories were the only places an immigrant could find a job. ... Throughout the novel Sinclair also discusses the meaning and foundation of Socialism which he was a strong member of that party. ... In Chicago in the 1900's Socialism was just beginning to set up a home with all of the immigrants. ... After reading the novel and realizing what occurred in the early 1900's to the immigrants who needed to find homes and or jobs to survive and ho...

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He started to write dime novels at the age of 15 and produced fiction articles magazines to finance his studies at New York City College. In 1897 he enrolled Columbia University, determined to succeed while producing one poorly paid novel per week. ... The Jungle accounts for the dirty conditions in the Chicago meat-packing industry and the struggles immigrants encounter in hopes of wealth and freedom when first arriving to America. In the story Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant, arrives in America dreaming of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. ... The reader then understands the plac...

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In result, vast amounts of immigrants migrated to America in search of this better life. ... Sinclair with intentions of writing the book solely for the purpose of promoting socialistic ideology ended up writing a novel that alarmed the public and forced our government into taking action. ... This mind set made for an attractive facade for immigrants wanting to move to here. ... Most immigrants of Chicago generally worked in one of these factories doing various jobs. ... With The Jungle's release, the novel gained a lot of its attention from the scenes of the meat packing industry'...

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Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle illustrates how greed and ruthless competition has made turn of the century America into a brutal jungle.Take or be taken? ... Outside the packing plants, newly arrived immigrants men and women desperate for jobs offered to work for even lower wages. ... For example in New York City Chinatown many Asian immigrants still work in sweat shops, work long hours, paid the minimum wage , and are sexually harassed. ... Following graduation, Sinclair went on to graduate study at Columbia University, where he began writing full-length novels with serious social the...

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The deplorable conditions of industrialization transform Jurgis from an ambitious immigrant in search of work into a wild animal. ... Upton Sinclair uses animal imagery in The Jungle to illustrate the dehumanization of Jurgis charting his plight from a respectable immigrant to a savage animalistic creature. ... Sinclair's words now recognize Jurgis, not as an immigrant or even as a human being, but as a "wild beast." ... Toward the end of the novel Jurgis grows bitter and angry at the realization that he has served the same purpose as the hogs. ... Jurgis realizes toward the end of ...

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The real story revolves around the integration and eventual disintegration of Jurgis Rudkis and his family, Lithuanian immigrants who move to the Chicago stockyards in hopes of a better life. Unfortunately, their hopes quickly disintegrate; like thousands of other unskilled immigrants at the turn of the century, financial necessity forces them into virtual slave labor in order to survive. ... "The Jungle" shows the relationship between the animals that were being slaughtered and the workers who were slaughtering them, from very early in the novel. ... Immigrants with peasant backgrounds, and e...

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This brought upon him the demon of drink which led to young Upton's abhorring of it, as is evident in the novel. ... Classifying the novel is no easy task to undertake, as the author's purpose and the reader's interpretations are very different. ... While this was good news for the nations, it was disappointing for Sinclair because his purpose for the novel was not recognized. ... The novel was written in a very different and non-traditional style, adding to its uniqueness and helping get its point across to the reader. ... It was this part of the novel that gave the public a wa...

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